In the first days of the month the foundation for the toilets were finished and we were ready to start building the walls .

To build the foundation was in the end not as difficult as I thought… You just need to build a wooden case with the desired shape, fill it with stones leaving space for the drainage pipes and pour the mixture of cement and sand on it and between the stones.

Ones we had the four foundations ready, we started to build the walls with bricks. This work is in my opinion very nice because it needs dedication and a lot of patience. For every brick we put, the distance to each other and the height must be precise and at the same time the level has to be exact. For this work we use a spirit level and thread.

What we do is to put the cement in a height of about 2 cm and the bricks on top in a line with each other with the same distance of 2cm. Every brick must have the same height and the same distance to each other. Then you do the same thing again on top of the next line of brick and then again until the wall is at the desired height and we would not forget to leave space for the door frame.

When the walls were finished, started working on the showers and bathrooms floor. As material for the floor, we used flat square stones that you can buy on the way from La Paz to Coroico… they are rocks from the Andes!

After the floor was finished with the desired level, we began to work decorating the walls. We have also used stones that we have around in our land and it looks good with the atmosphere of plants.

Die Steine werden mit Zement an der Wand geklebt.

El progreso

While the walls were being decorated, we started to prepare the material that we would use for the roof… For the roof, we wanted to use the roof panels that had taken from the old roof out (see Back al it/De vuelta al trabajo http://wp.me/p2Hj8o-5c). But before we can use the old roof panels for the new roof, we need to clean them first and paint them with a special waterproof paint… The work sounds easier as it is!